Bill Text: IL HB4330 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, harass, taunt, injure, kill, or otherwise harm any animal (rather than a guide, hearing, or support dog) that provides assistance to a person with a disability. Sets forth penalties. Defines "assistance animal". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4330 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4330-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning animals.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 7.15 and by adding Section 2.01i as follows:
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6 | (510 ILCS 70/2.01i new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2.01i. Assistance animal. "Assistance animal" means | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | an animal trained by a licensed or certified person, | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | organization, or agency to assist a person who has a physical, | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | sensory, intellectual, developmental, psychiatric, or mental | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | disability in one or more daily life activities. "Assistance | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | animal" includes guide dogs, leader dogs, hearing ear dogs, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | any animal trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | of a person with a disability, including, but not limited to: | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) pulling a wheelchair; | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) providing balance or stability support; | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (3) retrieving objects; and | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (4) providing assistance and support during a medical, | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | psychological, or emotional crisis.
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20 | (510 ILCS 70/7.15)
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21 | Sec. 7.15. Assistance animal Guide, hearing, and support | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | dogs .
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1 | (a) A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, | ||||||
2 | taunt, tease, harass,
torment, beat, or strike an assistance | ||||||
3 | animal a guide, hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage
in | ||||||
4 | any conduct directed toward an assistance animal a guide, | ||||||
5 | hearing, or support dog that is likely
to impede or interfere | ||||||
6 | with the assistance animal's dog's performance of its duties or | ||||||
7 | that places
the blind, hearing impaired, or person with a | ||||||
8 | physical disability being served or
assisted by the assistance | ||||||
9 | animal dog in danger of injury.
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10 | (b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture, | ||||||
11 | injure, or kill an assistance animal a
guide, hearing, or | ||||||
12 | support dog .
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13 | (c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit an | ||||||
14 | animal a dog that is owned,
harbored, or controlled by the | ||||||
15 | person to cause injury to or the death of an assistance animal | ||||||
16 | a
guide, hearing, or support dog while the assistance animal | ||||||
17 | guide, hearing, or support dog is in
discharge of its duties.
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18 | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | ||||||
19 | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a | ||||||
20 | Class 4 felony. A person
convicted of violating subsection (b) | ||||||
21 | or (c) of this Section is guilty of a
Class 4 felony if the | ||||||
22 | assistance animal dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be | ||||||
23 | ordered
by the court to make restitution to the person with a | ||||||
24 | disability having custody or
ownership of the assistance animal | ||||||
25 | dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the | ||||||
26 | assistance animal dog .
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1 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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